Innovation Product Owner

We are seeking a talented and innovative engineer to join our vegetables R&D team at Syngenta to drive the development of a phenomics and automation portfolio for vegetables seeds development. In this role you will lead and manage internal and external collaborations as well as leverage own technical capabilities in the domains of imaging and sensing technologies computer vision IoT machine learning and AI to deliver end to end technological solutions based on vegetables seeds development strategy & priorities.

Accountabilities

• Ownership of technical delivery of vegetables phenomics and automation projects.
• Actively scout and assess relevant technologies and potential partners in close alignment with global phenomics and automation deployment lead.
• Strong interaction and alignment with Syngenta software development IT digital and data science teams to design and apply endtoend solutions to meet business needs technology process ownership and excellence in their implementation and delivery.
• Leading collaborations with cross functional project teams including third party vendors and inhouse functions.
• Project management of PoC and pilot stages handover to global deployment lead for scaling.
• Direct contribution within technical area/s of expertise (e.g. IoT software development machine learning sensing technologies dashboard development hardware and/or userinterface).
• Keeping abreast with external innovation through leadership in areas of accountability and active membership in relevant global network of experts within Syngenta Academia and Agtech industry.

Qualifications :

Knowledge Experience & Capabilities

Critical Knowledge

• Masters or PhD in Engineering or other related field to phenomics or automation.
• Strong background in imaging/sensing technologies computer vision IoT machine learning and/or AI.
• Familiarity with R&D workflows and operations.

Critical Experience

• 3 years of work experience in engineering and project management.
• Experience working in digital innovation with a customercentric approach.
• Track record of delivering within complex projects and multidisciplinary teams to accomplish project goals.

Desired Knowledge and Experience

• Work experience or familiarity with seeds R&D or Ag domain industry.
• Technology and partnerships assessment and scouting.
• Experience of working with third party specialist companies and contract management experience.

Critical Technical Professional and Personal Capabilities

• Collaborative work style.
• Ability to work independently.
• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills.
• Ability to translate requirements into technical design.
• Strong communication skills.
• Prioritization against resource constraints.
• Effective workload management.
• Strategic and critical thinking.
• Agility: Sense and adapt to fastpaced work environment.
• Stepping beyond comfort zone and risk management.
• Focus energy on mustwins: Make tough decisions.
• Versatility: Expertise/experience across multiple technical domains.
• Strong selflearning capabilities.
• Project managemnent and planning.

Additional Information :

• Location: Enkhuizen (Netherlands) El Ejido (Spain) Durham (US) or Gedera area (Israel)
• Travels: within region and internationally up to 20

Take your Chance!

• A culture that promotes work/life balance and celebrates diversity.
• Possibility of being part of our #FutureOfWorkPolicy: 3 days at home 2 at the office.
• Extensive benefits package including a pension plan scheme bonus life insurance & a pool of flexible benefits to choose (Ticket Restaurant WellHub etc.
• A role that contributes to valuable and impactful work in a stimulating and international environment.
• Learning culture and a wide range of development options including access to learning platforms (Degreed and LinkedIn Learning)

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment hiring training promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race color religion gender national origin age sexual orientation marital or veteran status disability or any other legally protected status.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Fulltime